No. He was black and therefore there is no justification for the police to have shot him.
Make posters. Hold vigils. Add him to the pantheon. He’s another innocent victim of racist police who like to kill good black men for sport.
But in all seriousness…
What will it take for black Americans to start looking in the mirror and heal themselves? How long will you blame other people for your own moral failings and the bitter fruits of them?
And don’t cry “racist”; I’m a black American. Too many black Americans simply refuse to hear the truth, regardless of whether it comes from another black person or from someone of a different race. So they will continue repeating their own self-destructive and destructive behavioral patterns and remain enslaved to debilitating mentalities.
People who actually care about you tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. The anger comes from genuine love.
Americans, is this kind of behavior acceptable to you?
If black folks put as much energy into reforming themselves and their own communities as they do into protesting the “racist system”, tearing things down and committing acts of violence, they’d be a lot better off, as would America. They are their own worst enemy and have made themselves the enemies of society by believing that society hates them just because they’re black. They’re at war with America for no reason and Americans like myself are sick of it.
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My understanding was that he had long standing mental health issues. Having had a Mom with dementia I know it’s easy to say they should have kept the knife from him. But very hard to do.
Jobs of all types exist in Chicago. Its not like your redlined for life once you step into or live in a certain neighborhood. Problem isn’t pouring money into these neighborhoods, we’ve done that for generation with only failed results.
You want out of a poor neighborhood get serious about finding a job, move out and pursue your dreams without blaming society instead of yourself. Many have, many will continue to do so. Its not magic, unless of course your Bernie Sanders.
Solution is much simpler … just be born into a rich, educated white family and you are set!
My father (I’m white) went into a deep depression when he was laid off from a good job and could not find anything. When men get depressed they get angry and take it out on someone or something.
How much of this violence is due to black men in inner cities being unemployed? Not only the riots but the situations that started them: so many black men arrested for domestic violence for instance.
It’s all about low self worth and my dad did the same he took it out on my mom and us. Personally I don’t think it will improve while there are areas with massive unemployment Bernie Sanders talked about 50% unemployed in some Chicago neighborhoods.
Trying to imagine a whole neighborhood of my dads sitting around, not knowing what to do with their lives.
A lot of them have criminal records that hinder them from being hired. Many don’t finish high school either, which is also a hindrance to employment. So good advice to black boys would be, don’t get involved in crime and finish school. Your life will be much easier if you do those two simple things alone.
Be wise about the company you keep. Bad company corrupts good morals.
Choose noble role models, not gang bangers.
Don’t listen to music that infuses your mind with violence, hatred and criminal and immoral ideas. That’s also not doing you any favors. Garbage in, garbage out.
And I believe that a lot of young black men are angry at society because they have turned their anger at their parents (deadbeat dads and harsh, emotionally immature, promiscuous mothers) and their self-hatred on account of feeling unloved and unwanted by their fathers in particular out onto society.
Why is that even advice. When I was growing up, we just knew that was what was expected of us. Go to school, get an education, stay out of trouble. It’s just common sense, is it not.
But then again, I’m sure a lot of that was ingrained in me from my parents who were all contributors TO society rather than leeching takers FROM society. I say all because I had 4 of them. Yes, I come from a divorced home and have 4 parents, all of whom I loved and respected when I was growing up.
The problem really is from top down.
Forget Trump and Biden. Hannah for president
He had 8 children at 27! My brother has issues and 0 kids. Wallace’s problems didn’t get in the way of … procreation. I find that circle difficult to square.